SIGRID
JUSELIUS
FOUNDATION

GRANTS

Grants for foreign scientists

According to the rules of the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, at least 3/4 of the total funding shall be allocated to domestic medical research. To enable established foreign medical researchers to work in a Finnish institution for 3-12 months the Foundation also offers grants to nationals of other countries.

It should, however, be noted that the Foundation does not award direct grants to foreign medical research. A foreign scientist interested in coming over to Finland has to get in touch with a Finnish scientist of his particular field, and the application should be made on the part of the Finnish host together with the proposed visiting researcher. This grant is meant for researchers who do not work in Finland already.

Resources are allocated to senior researchers (Visiting professor). The funds are not available for studies or doctoral theses. The grants cover all disciplines of medical science. The grants can cover personal expenses (living costs) and travel.

Application procedure

Grants awarded previously on our Finnish webpage.

OUR PURPOSE

The Finnish Sigrid Jusélius Foundation has funded medical research totalling hundreds of millions of euros. This funding has enabled considerable scientific breakthroughs in the battle against fatal diseases.

HISTORY

The wealth of the foundation derives from the end of the 18th century and from the town of Pori in Western Finland, where Fritz Arthur Jusélius (1855–1930), the son of a merchant family, decided to set up a business.

Though successful, the businessman had a tragic private life. His daughter, Sigrid, an only child, died of tuberculosis at the age of eleven. He decided to establish a foundation in her memory.